Blesbok

1. n. A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

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Blessed

1. imp. & p. p. of Bless
2. a. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
3. a. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
4. a. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful.
5. a. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.
6. a. Beatified.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blest

1. of Bless

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Blessing

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bless
2. v. t. The act of one who blesses.
3. v. t. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
4. v. t. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
5. v. t. A gift.

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Bless

1. v. t. To wave; to brandish.
2. v. t. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
3. v. t. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
4. v. t. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; — applied to persons.
5. v. t. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, — as on food.
6. v. t. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one’s self).
7. v. t. To guard; to keep; to protect.
8. v. t. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
9. v. t. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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Blessedly

1. adv. Happily; fortunately; joyfully.

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Blessedness

1. n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

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Blessed thistle

1. See under Thistle.

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Blesser

1. n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.

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Blet

1. n. A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

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